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delethalization

delethalization noun: making something not lethal, or less lethal; delethalizing.

Noun

delethalization (uncountable)

  1. Making something not lethal, or less lethal; delethalizing.
    • Delethalization simply means that any structure of component within the strike envelope will crush or break at a load below that which causes serious injury to the body, and in […]1985, Experimental Aircraft Association, Sport Aviation, Volume 34

Origin of delethalization

From de- + lethal + -ization.

Questions about delethalization

What does delethalization mean?
Delethalization means making something not lethal, or less lethal; delethalizing.
What part of speech is delethalization?
Delethalization is a noun.

Words near delethalization in the dictionary

  1. deleteriously
  2. deleteriousness
  3. deleters
  4. deletery
  5. deletes
  6. delethalization
  7. delethalize
  8. delethalized
  9. delethalizes
  10. delethalizing
  11. deletia

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